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<br />Senior Planner Anderson stated that Village Bank is on a two-acreparcel and also provided sizes <br />of adjacent commercial uses. He believed there would be viable space for a commercial use even <br />with reserving a portion for stormwater use. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walker stated that he has concern with moving townhomes forward. He stated that <br />perhaps enough money is generated from townhomes that the remainder of the lot remains empty. <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Development Director Hagen stated that this site is a <br />remnant of a large site that was developed in 2004. He stated that the ratio of <br />commercial/residential has changed with the current rate of 80 percent residential and 20 percent <br />commercial. He stated that this layout would fit into the ratio. He stated that the three acres is <br />larger than neighboring commercial sites. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gengler asked for details on the proposal for street B and where that would be if it <br />connected to Jaspar. <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Development Director Hagen displayed an aerial photo of <br />the site and traced the path street B would take. <br />Commissioner Gengler asked if there is benefit to having the road alignments match up. <br />Deputy City Administrator/Community Development Director Hagen replied that when possible <br />staff prefers to have the streets match up, but they are overlapping in this scenario and there may <br />be opportunity to shift them slightly south. <br />Citizen Input <br />Jay Roos, applicant, commented that they have a purchase option on the entire parcel, including <br />th <br />the portion north of 139 and are proposing 27 townhomes. He stated that the streets within the <br />townhome development are private and therefore maintained privately by the HOA, including <br />snow removal. He commented that the private street does not align with the private street in the <br />neighboring addition and do not have the opportunity to move the buildings south because of <br />setbacks. He noted that was why they chose not to connect. He stated that one of the concerns in <br />providing a connection would be cut through traffic to reach the commercial area. He stated that <br />when the property to the north is developed, additional ponding would need to be dug in that area <br />as there is a cross ponding agreement with Suite Living and the commercial site. He stated that <br />the idea would be to expand that pond to have the more efficient use of space. He stated that the <br />developable area of the commercial parcel would be reduced by the additional ponding. He noted <br />thatthere is adequate stormwater storage for the townhome project on its own. He stated that they <br />would be interested in expanding the townhomes onto the commercial portion of the property. He <br />commented that they will be updating the tree replacement plan. <br />Commissioner Walker asked if there is a timeline for when the commercial portion of the property <br />would be developed. <br />Planning Commission/ March 24, 2022 <br />Page 9 of 18 <br /> <br />